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gotten etss @stent @ffice CHARLES* C. BLAKEMORE, OIT-WASHINGTON COURT-HOUSE, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE C. y ROBINSON AND HENRY A. MANNING, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

Letters .Patent No. 79,194, dated June 23, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARD 0R TIGKETcGA'SES.

TOALLWHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

`-I|3lt it known that I, CHARLES C.- BLAKEMORE, of Washington Court-Honse, Fayette county, Strafe m" Ohio, hveunvcntetl n certninnew and useful Card-Case Qrlicket-Holder; and I do hereby declare the following to be n'full, clenr,'a.nd exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part f of this specification l e My invention consists in a. peculiar construction of case and cover, and the provision, within the case, of

devices which enable the holder to push out the cards (by n mere pressure of a. thumb or finger) one at :L time.

' `l'In the accompanying drnwings- Figure -1 is u perspective view of the case onholdeijnpen and empty. -Figure 2 is n. cross-section when the case is filled with ytickets o cards, and closed.

Figure 3 is a. view exhibiting the same in use. 'y 4 The calseor holder 'muy be of any desired size to hold businessor visiting-cards or cur-tickets, und it is lcomposed of the .following parts; to wit, a. shell or case, A, constructed to hold elastic lips B :it thv ends, :i hinged coverl or lid C, und c rectangular wire spring,.D.

The lid or cover C is hinged to the case A at a, and has 'n holo -cut through it' snhcientlylurge tn ,cnublc the lingers of the operator to push out the cards from the end of the. cu'se. The sides ofthe cover are perforated nt 6 to engage ove the catches a of the case, so n s to holdthe cover when it is closet l.`

The' spring D, when the case is lled and closed, yseves to keep the pack pressed against the cover of the case. The` cards or tickets can then be forced out inthe manne;` exhibited in iig. v3, one at a. time only, until .thepackis entirely gone.' The lips B close up the endsvoi the cose when the coveris down, and only give way i when a'card is pressed out at either end by the fingers ofl'thenperator.' Thelip ngninst which the cai-(l presses, `then yields suciently to l'et the card pass. I claim herein eenen', and of' my invention- The case A, hinged open-face cover C, rectangular spring' D, and 'elastic lips B, combined, arranged, and operating in the manner und for the purpose-specified.

In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES C. BLAKEMORE. 1eitlnesses GEO. H. KNIGHT, .TAMns H.- LAYMAN. 

